Draft-rigging.



J. J. BYERS.

DRAFT RIGGING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1910.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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JACOB J'. BYERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELANSSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE D, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DRAFTRIGGING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rateneeaiag. 5.1913.

Application filed .Tune 7, 1910. Serial No. 565,577.

To all 107mm t may concern:

l le it known that I. Jacon J. Braies, a citizen of the llnited States.and a resident of Chi ngo, Cook county. Illinois, have invented a .newand useful Improvement in Draft-Riggings, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference. being had to theaccompanying drawings. forming part of this` specification, in which-Figure l is a longitudinal section, partly broken away, of a draftrigging embodying my invention; Fig. i2 is a view partially in plan andpartially in horizontal section of the same; Figs. 3 and 4 arerespectively sections on the lines llllll and l'V-lV of Fig. 1; and Fig.5 is a perspective view of one oi the castings.

My invention has relation to draft riggings, and more particularly todraft riggings of the type described and claimed in my latent No.A673.419 of May .Tth. 1901, in which the draft springs are arranged oneabove the other. and are removable from below, the yoke embracing thesprings laterally instead of vertically.

My present invention is designedto provide means of simple and efficientcharacter for connecting the draft rigging to the draft sills, and forproviding a pocket to contain the draft rigging.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 designates the draft sills,which are shown as consistingof spaced channels, havingtheir flanges 2turned outwardly.

Si is the front follower, 4 the rear follower, 5 the yoke. and the draftsprings arranged one above another between the followers 3 and 4 andhaving an interposed separator T. Q is the dra wbar, which is connei-tedto the yoke at 9 in any suitable or usual manner. v

In :ucordance with my invention. l sccure between the draft sills Q.upper and lower men'ibers. or castings 10 and 1l.. These castings areIshown as being of general box form. securely riveted to the draft sillsat their side portions. lhe upper casting.,r o r member 10 has theupwardly projecting central portion 10 closed at the top and provides atits opposite ends for the followers 3 and 4 respec tlvely, and is alsoprovided with an inward projection or rib 10d on each side to guide thefollowers and the yoke. ber or casting has an open central portion 11a'with end walls 11b and 11, which form bearings for the lower endportions of tlie followersS and 4, and it is also provided with aninward projection or rib 11d on each side to guide the followers andyoke. The open portion 11a is normally closed bya removable plate 12. Bythe removal of this plate, the springs and followers can be readilydropped out of place when necessary.

My invention provides a draft rigging which can be very. cheaplyconstructed; which provides effective means for engaging the draftrigging with the draft sills; and which provides a proper cage orpocket. for the draft springs and followers, ani into and from which thespringsand followers can be readily inserted and. removed.

l do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of theparts which I have herein shown and described, since it will be obviousthat the members or castings 10 and 11 may be varied in form withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention. and that otherchanges may be made in the details of construction and `arrangement ofthe parts within Afthe scope of the appended claims.

vthat 1' claim is:-

1. A member for forming a portion of the pocket, vfor draft riggings,having flat vcrtically disposed outer sides extending from end to end ofthe member. there being securing openings in said sides, said memberhaving a flat horizontal guiding face at right angles to the outer sidesand extending across the entire member, and vertical connecting websbetween the ends of the member connected to the sides, the connecting"webs extending from the top to thebottom of the member, there being arectangular pocket in said member formed b v a portion of the sides andthe said connellng webs; substantially as described. V

2. A pocket forming member for draft The lower mem- :seems-se .riggngs,said member being of reetgngulai ln testimony whereof, lbeve hereuntoset form Wlth parallel Vert-leal sides and at my hand. outer aoes, saidmember having a recess 1n l u) I E 0, each end and a cent-ral openingbetween the JAQUE J' MIME?? end recesses, said recesses and centralopen- Witnesses: ing being separated by vertical Webs; sub TOM H.Rosmsom stantially as described. @me l FEELING. v

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